The cart is made from reclaimed and ripped 2×4s, plywood cutoffs, and cast off castors from an old long ago torn down shop cabinet that was in the garage when I bought the house…. So expenses were minimal.

I have it loaded down with my clamp collection, and it actually rolls around pretty well, and considering how small the footprint is for how heavy and tall it is, it is actually remarkably stable…

The build was extra simple, just screwed together with ample screws, no glue except for the reinforcement block for the castors.

Hopefully I gave someone else some ideas on how to approach the clamp storage problem as well…

I moved it around with 1 side loaded at a time to test stability, it acutally seems good, and Jim Bertelson is right, if stability becomes an issue, I can simply screw on a wider base and moving the castors outboard,

One thing that would go a LONG way to reducing problem potential is getting the pipe clamps off of it, but that sort of defeats the purpose…

I need the depth for the pipe clamps, so no, drawers weren’t in the plan, however I have my corner clamps attached directly to the uprights. I have 5 Jorgensons on one side, 3 Harbor Freight pieces of junk that need to go on the left. I have space to have a half dozen on each upright, so we are talking a total of 24 corner clamps if you wish… The Sketchup design that I varied from has a pocket of sorts in the base to restrain the pipe clamps and items could be stored on the base segregated from the pipe clamps. The top shelf could hold more too…

I am 1 shy of my total goal of 4 band clamps, and 7 shy of my total goal of 12 corner clamps… I have the capacity here.

The HF 12” quick clamp clones are probably going to go away in favor of real Quick Clamps. Probably 24” models… I seem to use 6 and 24” clamps the most…

I should mention something Jim brought up before. The base can be widened up to roughly the same width as the outer edges of the clamps, so figure 2” on each side, so the total floor space used is 20×20. That would be a markedly sizable increase in footprint from the 16×16 current setup, and equivalent to my drill press which is rock solid.

And I forgot to say, that this will be on my list in both of my shops, perhaps sooner in La Conner where nearly everything has to be mobile. There are other designs for mobile clamp carts on LJ’s, as I recall, but this has the footprint I would be interested in. I remember seeing rolling tool carts that included more than clamps, but they were too big for my shops.

The pipe clamps are exceedingly long. I have to remove them at a fairly radical angle to avoid smacking the ceiling, or shop lights. I lift them enough to clear the slides of the base, then I tilt the bottom literally between the clamps hanging on the sides and pull up at an angle… I can make a video of the process if that doesn’t make sense…

Before you mentioned it, I was thinking about that problem. I don’t tend to make big projects. But my thought, was to have a groove or window on one side that went about half way down, with a removable piece that fits in via a dado or dovetail. The removable piece would be only structural. But otherwise, you could just have a groove that was reinforced. Or mount the big clamps on the outside in the first place…........that would be the best solution.

It is an old problem, trying to make disparate items fit a relatively simple and defined item.

..............and that describes a lot of life’s problems…..........

So, you have choices. I will watch what you do…........so you can make my mistakes for me….........(-:

Seriously, trying to place clamps in a mobile piece with a defined footprint is difficult. This is a first class addition to LJ lore….....keep it up till it is right…..........that’s my 2 cents…............

If you are using the pipe clamps infrequently, then they are just adding weight to the cart and may make it more stable if they are in the middle. If you don’t store them in the cart, then they will take up wall space…......so putting up with a tricky lift out is probably not much of a problem.